El Ranchero

El Ranchero is one of those family restaurants where they know you when you walk in. Wonderful service and delicious food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Excellent place to go to for great tex mex!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

please keep this place open for as long as you can, this is one of the best places for lunch and dinner, need to go there one morning for their breakfast, their happy hour is amazing I love the margaritas they have, johnny and obe are the best bartenders there, really an amazing place and food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Delicious food and great service. Our staff goes here once a month to celebrate birthdays.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The servers and bartenders here are always so nice, glad to see this place is so close home

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Everything is always perfect. My husband's favorite restaurant 😊

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Excellent food, friendly accommodating service and price is just right.
It’s all good !!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best local Mexican restaurant in the are

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Oby was very nice...the food was great....

Great food, friendly service, and a welcoming atmosphere. Always consistent and worth coming back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

To start, the server didn't check on us more than twice during our dinner. Food was ok. Drinks were watery (margaritas on the rocks) either the bar tender was new or the server taking too long to bring drinks out.

I saw her taking margaritas to other tables and they looked the same (all water down drinks).

Please treat everyone the same and provide the same great service to everyone not just to white people. (I could tell they treat us differently).

If the bar tender is new, he needs to do better. Or if the problem is the server, she needs to improve 😩

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

I did a take out on Sunday November 30, 2025 as myself and daughter had a taste for tacos. I suggested this place as previous visit over the years food was good. I placed three orders
of combination hard shell tacos beef and chicken along with a side order or tortilla soup. The gentleman taking the order was kind and answered question recording the food. The food was prepared quickly within 10 minutes.I was very disappointed the tacos shells was soggy due to the abundance of tomatoes and lettuce on top of them. The chicken was old. The soup contain a lot of vegetables and lacked seasoning. The tortilla chips was hard slightly burnt and tasteless. The food was put in the trash for fear of getting sick with old appearing chicken and soggy taco shells. A waste of money and dissatisfaction. It’s been a few years since visiting this location on braeswood and not sure if under new management. It would be nice if food is fresh and better prepared.

Food: 1

Service: 3

We came for lunch on a Friday (holiday week) so it was not busy at all. Everyone was so friendly and the atmosphere was great. I wanted to love the food, but unfortunately I can’t say that I did. We ordered a simple taco plate with beef and the seafood enchiladas.

The ground beef was rather dry and the enchiladas were very salty.

Would not eat here again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Love these guys, I have a great time every time I come here. I’ve been gone for some years. I came back to visit with my God mom and we fell in love with Oby the bartender. The food is always good

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food is decent but the margaritas are really below par. Wish our neighborhood texmex place made a good margarita but at least food is pretty good and staff is always nice and welcoming. Please work on your margarita recipe though!!
2oz tequila
1oz triple sec or cointreau
1.5oz FRESH lime juice or a quality sour mix****

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4